Device for the production of creases in trousers



Jan. 12 1926.

w. YOXALL DEVICE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CREASES IN TROUSERS Filed May 8, 1923 M\\M W\ I.

0 da r Patented Jan. 12, 19260 UNITED STATEfi WILLIAM YOXALL, OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND.

DEVICE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CREASES IN TROUSERS.

Application filed. May 8,

To (1/! ii /mm it may concern.

Be it known that I, ZILLIAM YoXALL, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, and resident of Old Trafiord, Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, Eng land. have invented certain Improvements in Devices for the Production of Greases in Trousers, oft which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in means for producing and retaining creases in trousers, the object being to provide a simple device for the purpose and means at tached to the inside ot each trouser leg for retaining the crease in proper shape after the operation of forming it has been com pleted.

My invention consists essentially of a heard. of suitable length provided with a longitudinal groove, a co d attached to one end of the board and adapted to be stretched over the cloth of the trouser so as to press the cloth into the groove, means for holding the other end of the cord and a narrow strip of thin cloth or the like adapted to be attached to the cloth ot the trouser and to remain thereon permanently.

My invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawing in which,

l ig. 1 a plan of. the device for forming the crease in the trouser leg,

Fig. 52'. longitudinal section of same,

i 2), end elevation of same, and

l, partial transverse section of the ltoard to an enlarged scale.

In carrying out my invention I provide a support which may he a wooden board of suitable length and width and form in it lmigitudinally a groove l) of suitable size in accordance with the rharaetcr or size oi? the crease it is desired to produce. In conneclion with the groove l) I employ a cord 0 adapted to be lived at one and (Z to the board vvhilst the other end oi? the cord arranged to he secured to the other end of the board by suitable holding means after it has been stretched. Such holding means may consist oi any ordinarv hradawl or a convenient term of clanr as an ordinary clamp provided with a screw in either case to securely hold the cord in the stretched con- 1923. Serial No, 637,558.

dition. Prior to stretching the cord in the manner described the trouser leg 5/ is turned inside out and arranged on the board in a straight condition and in the proper position for having a crease made in it. The cord then stretched tightly over the cloth ot the trouser and pressed into the latter by means of a heating iron of any suitable type so as to cause the cloth to assume the section shown in Fig. 4. By using a cord of flexible material, and securing it over the cloth under tension, a perfectly straight crease can be made in the trousers. The straight cord obviates the necessity of making a preliminary crease in the cloth, and the cord holds the cloth in position on the ironing board while the cloth is being ironed. I then take a narrow strip of thin textile or other suitable material which may have straight edges h or serrated edges as shown at i Fig. 1, such strip being provided with any suitable adhesive which will adhere to cloth. The adhesive may be applied to the strip at each side of the cord leaving a portion in the centre entirely free from ad hesive. ly the use of a heated iron the strip is pressed so as to adhere to the cloth whilst the latter is in the flat condition and after the operation of pressing is completed the cord clamping means is removed and the cord drawn from under the strip, the latter retaining the crease in the trouser. The strip is su'tficiently thin as not to show on the outside of the trouser leg when the latter is stretched and yet is sufficiently strong to retain the crease -formed in the cloth.

What I claim my invention and-desire to secure by Letters Patent is In an apparatus for creasing trousers, an ironing boa rd having a straight longitudinal groove in its top surface, a cord adapted to be arranged in the groove over the material to be creased and secured to the board at one end of the groove, and a screw clamp secured to the board at the other end of the groove and adapted to hold the cord in the groove under tension, said cord operating to retain a portion of the cloth in the groove and permit the cloth to be ironed on the board.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my h and.

WILLIAM YOXALL, 

